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Status of IPv6 Addresses and Address Management

Status of IPv6 Addresses and Address Management. Paul Wilson Director General APNIC. IPv6 Addressing Status Report. What is an IP address? How are IP addresses managed? How many addresses are there? Where are all the addresses? Conclusion. What is an IP address?.

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Status of IPv6 Addresses and Address Management

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  1. Status of IPv6 Addresses and Address Management Paul Wilson Director General APNIC

  2. IPv6 Addressing Status Report • What is an IP address? • How are IP addresses managed? • How many addresses are there? • Where are all the addresses? • Conclusion

  3. What is an IP address? • Internet infrastructure address • Globally unique* • A finite common resource • IPv4: 32-bit number • e.g. 192.131.13.3 • 4 billion addresses available • IPv6: 128-bit number • e.g. 3ffe:1a00:ff00:: • Potentially*, equal to (IPv4)4 • IP does not mean “Intellectual Property”

  4. The Internet www.cernet.cn ? 202.112.0.46 My Computer www.cernet.cn IP addresses are not domain names… DNS 202.12.29.142 202.112.0.46

  5. How are IP Addresses managed? and how did we get here?

  6. 1981 - 1992 RIR Meeting with the ICANN GAC

  7. 1993 - 2001 RIR Meeting with the ICANN GAC

  8. 2002 - 2004 RIR Meeting with the ICANN GAC

  9. What are RIRs? • Regional Internet (address) Registries • Industry self-regulatory structures • Non-profit, open membership bodies • First established in early 1990’s • In response to call from IETF (RFC1366) • To satisfy emerging technical/admin needs • Voluntarily by consensus of community • In the “Internet Tradition” • Consensus-based, open and transparent

  10. What do RIRs do? • Internet resource management • Primarily, IP addresses – IPv4 and IPv6 • Registration services (“whois”) • Training, outreach and liaison • Training courses, seminars, conferences… • Liaison: IETF, ICANN, ITU, regional orgs… • Newsletters, reports, web sites… • Policy development and coordination • Open Policy Meetings and processes

  11. RIR Policy Development OPEN Need Anyone can participate Evaluate Discuss ‘BOTTOM UP’ TRANSPARENT Consensus Implement Internet community proposes and approves policy All decisions & policies documented & freely available to anyone

  12. How many IP Addresses? and how many are left?

  13. IPv4 vs IPv6 IPv4: 32 bits • 232 addresses • = 4 billion addresses • Being extended through use of “NAT” IPv6: 128 bits • 2128 addresses? • = 340 billion billion billion billion addresses? • Much less, due to IPv6 address structure…

  14. How much IPv4? See www.potaroo.net

  15. The Internet ISP 61.100.0.0/16 61.100.32.0/25 61.100.32.128 R NAT* 61.100.32.1 ..2 ..3 ..4 10.0.0.1 ..2 ..3 ..4 *AKA home router, ICS, firewall The NAT “Problem”

  16. /0 /64 /128 Topological Interface Infrastructure Site /0 /48 /64 How much IPv6? 128 bits • 264 “subnet” addresses • = 18 billion billion subnet addresses • Assigned to individual network segments • 248 site addresses • = 281 thousand billion site addresses • Assigned to “sites” - homes, cars, phones etc

  17. IPv6 Address space lifetime

  18. Where are all the addresses? and how many are left?

  19. IPv4 Allocations – IANA total

  20. IPv4 Allocations – IANA

  21. IPv4 Allocations – RIRs

  22. IPv4 Allocations – Global

  23. IPv6 Allocations – RIRs

  24. IPv6 Allocations – RIRs

  25. IPv6 Allocations – Global

  26. Conclusion What is the future?

  27. IPv6 – Internet for everything!

  28. IPv6 – Summary • The good news… • IPv6 is available • IPv6 addresses are very easy to get • The not so good news… • Cost: transition from IPv4 • Demand: Do users want it? • “Chicken and Egg” syndrome • The reality: A long process… • “Changing engines mid-flight” • Critical message: Start now!

  29. Thank You Paul Wilson pwilson@apnic.net

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